Keywords: Brazil distinguished visitors aboard USS America 140805-N-MZ309-022.jpg en Lt Patricia Cunanan assigned to the future amphibious assault ship USS America LHA 6 speaks with Brazilian Navy Capt Alexandre Rabello and distinguished visitors from Brazil about some of the ship ™s capabilities during a tour of the ship ™s engineering spaces America is currently traveling through the U S Southern Command and U S 4th Fleet area of responsibility on her maiden transit America visits the Americas America is the first ship of its class replacing the Tarawa-class of amphibious assault ships As the next generation big-deck amphibious assault ship America is optimized for aviation capable of supporting current and future aircraft such as the MV-22 Osprey and F-35B Joint Strike Fighter The ship is scheduled to be ceremoniously commissioned Oct 11 in San Francisco U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan Riley/Released 2014-08-05 Ryan Riley https //www dvidshub net/image/1497493 140805-N-MZ309-022 2014-08-12 00 09 RIO DE JANEIRO BR PD-USGov-Military-Navy MV-22B Osprey Aboard USS America LHA-6 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |